[EM] [uscv-election] New voting report supports federal election reform

[Kathy Dopp]

New voting report supports federal election reform

NEW REPORT RELEASED TODAY

US. Voter Action, NAACP National Voter Fund, and Advancement Project
released a joint report today on voting rights concerns

Was I denied my right to  vote?
http://www.voteraction.org/electionreport
http://www.voteraction.org/files/Report_R5_Final.pdf

US. Advocates to push for electoral reforms prior to 2010 midterms
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Armed with anecdotal evidence from thousands of
calls placed to voter hotlines last year, a group of voting rights
advocates will lobby Congress Thursday for changes to the federal laws
relating to the nation's election administration systems.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/23/advocates-to-push-for-electoral-reforms-prior-to-2010-midterms/

Holt Praises Civil Rights Groups upon Release of Report Calling for
Voter-Marked Paper Ballots and Elections Audits.
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/nj12_holt/072309b.html

“The national percentage of voters who were denied the right to vote
in 2008 was almost identical to 2000 . . . . an estimated 4 million
people were barred from voting.”

The report concludes that “[e]lectronic voting systems have proven to
be unreliable and insecure for the counting and recording of votes”
and that “where these systems are used, elections cannot be audited or
verified.”

The report's authors recommend: “ ‘[v]oter-marked paper ballot systems
are necessary to ensure that votes will be properly counted  . . .
that the public will have confidence in the accuracy of electoral
outcomes [and that] [m]andatory election audits are also critical for
protecting the integrity of our elections.’ ”

ALSO IN THE NEWS:

Voting News Blogspot for Voting News about election integrity issues,
voting machines, election fraud, voter access and legislation in
United States and sometimes other locations
http://votingnews.blogspot.com/

Election Bills in U.S. House Continue Gaining Co-Sponsors During the
last nine days, several election law bills of interest have added new
co-sponsors.
http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/07/22/some-election-bills-in-u-s-house-continue-gaining-co-sponsors/

Rep. Rush Holt's HR2894 would require paper ballots and hand counts of
paper ballots in a minimum of 3% to 10% of precincts in federal
elections.  See this analysis:
http://electionmathematics.org/em-audits/US/legislation/AnalysisHoltElectionAudit2009-3.pdf

PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE OF ACTION

To restore public control over elections and government, urge your US
Representative http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml
by email or by fax or phone, to:

*  co-sponsor HR2894 to require states to use voter-marked paper
ballots and to manually count a minimum of from 3% to 10% of
randomly-selected precincts in federal elections, and

* co-sponsor HR3025 to require states to use bipartisan commissions to
draw U.S. House district boundaries.

These bills will only pass with public pressure, so please act.

Thank you.

Cheers,

Kathy Dopp

The material expressed herein is the informed  product of the author's
fact-finding and investigative efforts. Dopp is a Mathematician,
Expert in election audit mathematics and procedures; in exit poll
discrepancy analysis; and can be reached at

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http://utahcountvotes.org
http://electionmathematics.org
http://kathydopp.com/serendipity/

Realities Mar Instant Runoff Voting - 18 Flaws and 4 Benefits
http://electionmathematics.org/ucvAnalysis/US/RCV-IRV/InstantRunoffVotingFlaws.pdf

Voters Have Reason to Worry
http://utahcountvotes.org/UT/UtahCountVotes-ThadHall-Response.pdf

Checking election outcome accuracy --- Post-election audit sampling
http://electionmathematics.org/em-audits/US/PEAuditSamplingMethods.pdf

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